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. 2020 Mar;598(5):893-896.
doi: 10.1113/JP278673. Epub 2020 Feb 13.

CrossTalk proposal: Barometric pressure, independent of PO2 , is the forgotten parameter in altitude physiology and mountain medicine

Grégoire P Millet  1 , Tadej Debevec  2   3   4
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CrossTalk proposal: Barometric pressure, independent of PO2 , is the forgotten parameter in altitude physiology and mountain medicine

Grégoire P Millet et al. J Physiol. 2020 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: hypobaric; hypoxia; normobaric.

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  • Rebuttal from Jean-Paul Richalet.
    Richalet JP. Richalet JP. J Physiol. 2020 Mar;598(5):903. doi: 10.1113/JP279426. Epub 2020 Feb 13. J Physiol. 2020. PMID: 32053225 No abstract available.

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